MGASA-2016-0421: libgd Mageia

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 22-12-2016Last modified 16-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2016-0421 is a vulnerability in libgd Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0
CVE-2016-6911CVE-2016-8670

Timeline

  1. 22-12-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated libgd packages fixe security vulnerabilities Ibrahim El-Sayed discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled certain malformed Tiff images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted Tiff image, an attacker could cause a denial of service (CVE-2016-6911). Emmanuel Law discovered that the GD library incorrectly handled certain strings when creating images. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted image, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code (CVE-2016-8670).

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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Mageia1 product
  • libgd< 2.2.3-1.4.mga5

1 vendor · 1 product

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